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Message: [QUOTE="LarkMarlow, post: 1786783, member: 57665"] Ben, what a great project! To get an excellent overview of the evolution of the poker culture, I highly recommend [I]Cowboys Full[/I] by James McManus, who is a professor at the Art Institute in Chicago. Now, on to your questions. [B]1) How long have you been playing poker?[/B] I've played 5 card draw and variations of that version of poker from the time I was very young. (Exactly how many years that has been I won't say. Rather, I'll give you some data so you can extrapolate a rough idea ;) : 3 of my 4 daughters have graduated from college; my youngest is in grad school.) However, I didn't fall in love with the game until I started playing no limit holdem poker in 2005, both online and live in riverboat casino card rooms. [B]2) So when you started playing poker, did you think that age or experience mattered? [/B] From what I observed age didn't matter at all, and that was a among the reasons for my attraction to not only the game, but the culture. Matter of fact, in a thread I started here over a year and a half ago titled "Why I love poker", I wrote: [I]In the book Risky Business, by A. Avarez, a quote about the poker community by Eric Drache describes part of why I love this aspect of the game. He says, "…there are no prejudices. Poker reduces everyone to a simple level. Degrees, languages, education, colour, none of that means a thing. All that matters is the amount of chips in front of you. You cannot find a more open-minded group of people than poker players." I would also add interesting and endlessly fascinating people. People I would never be likely to encounter in my day to day life. [B]In addition, poker transcends age and, as I have said before, gender too.* [/B]Online poker expands this experience exponentially via the plethora of sites and wonderful forums like CardsChat.[/I] [Note: This sentence was not in bold in the original post. Another point I'd like to make to you is that though as a woman I am certainly a minority in this culture, the level field of poker is as open for me to go wherever I want with my game as it is for the men who play.] [B]3) Do you believe age plays a factor in today’s poker society?[/B] See my answer to #3. [B]4) In your opinion, how does experience compare to age as a benefit or hindrance in the game of poker?[/B] Experience rules. :D [/QUOTE]

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